A POSTCAPITALIST PARADIGM: THE COMMON GOOD OF ...

the common good. The real differences in access to “the goods of freedom”
would therefore, even if we accept Locke’s argumentation, only
amount to 0.1%.
Let me sum up this part of my presentation: the Human Rights Declaration
explicitly mentions “dignity”; a Declaration of Common Good
would explicitly specify the common natural, social and cultural heritage
of humankind. Let us extrapolate on that with further examples, paraphrasing
the Declaration of Human Rights.
“Preamble
Whereas a recognition of the common natural, social and cultural heritage
of all members of the human family, the Common Goods of Humanity,
and their equal and inalienable claim to the sustainable use of
this heritage in solidarity, constitute the foundation of freedom, justice
and peace in the world;
Whereas the destruction, privatization and exploitation of this heritage,
and contempt for common claims, have resulted in barbarous acts which
have condemned millions of people to lives of hunger, disease and misery,
and sentence many millions to death every year;
Whereas a life in dignity for each and all is only possible through the free
and equal access to this heritage;
Whereas future generations depend upon the people and nations living
today to preserve this heritage for them and enrich it further, as we have
received it from our foregoing generations;
Whereas we have the duty not to continue inflicting irreversible damage,
especially to the earth’s nature, but also through the destruction of great
cultures, which has already begun;
Whereas life in peace will only be possible if this heritage is used with
care and solidarity…
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